A half scale version of a device called the Plastic Melt Waste Compactor prototype has been developed at NASA Ames Research Center to deal with plastic based wastes that are expected to be encountered in future human space exploration scenarios such as Lunar or Martian Missions. The Plastic Melt Waste Compactor design was based on the types of wastes produced on the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, MIR and Skylab missions. The half scale prototype unit will lead to the development of a full scale Plastic Melt Waste Compactor prototype that is representative of flight hardware that would be used on near and far term space missions. This report details the progress of the Plastic Melt Waste Compactor Development effort by the Solid Waste Management group at NASA Ames Research Center.


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    Title :

    Development of the Plastic Melt Waste Compactor - Design and Fabrication of the Half-Scale Prototype


    Contributors:
    G. S. Pace (author) / J. Fisher (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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